See what makes November 16 special at Famous Daily. History, birthdays, holiday, and a quote!

What happened on November 16

November 16, 0534 A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published.

November 16, 1384 "Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman."

November 16, 1491 "An auto de fe, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of vila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects."

November 16, 1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa.

November 16, 1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

November 16, 1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared

November 16, 1920 Postage meter first used in US in lieu of postage stamps

November 16, 1920 "Qantas, the national airline of Australia is registered as an aerial carrier under the name of Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. Only KLM (now part of Air France-KLM) and Avianca are older."

November 16, 1932 "New York City's Palace Theatre is fully converted to a movie theater, which is considered to be the death of vaudeville as a popular form of entertainment in the United States."

November 16, 2009 A Zambian court clears journalist Chansa Kabwela of Zambia Post newspaper of pornography charges after she sent pictures of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park to President Rupiah Banda in protest at the effects of a national strike.

November 16, 2009 "Algeria deploys security at the Egyptian embassy in Algiers after Egyptian businesses are attacked in the capital, and security is also tightened in Sudan ahead of a World Cup play off between the two countries."

November 16, 2009 At least 8 people are dead and dozens missing after a ferry collided with an oil barge in Burma's Irrawaddy Delta.

November 16, 2009 "Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister of Australia, apologises to the ""forgotten Australians"" raised in orphanages and foster homes during the twentieth century."

November 16, 2009 "Kosovo's ruling party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo, claims victory in local elections, the first since the declaration of independence from Serbia."

November 16, 2009 "NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-129 at 1928 UTC (2:28pm EST), bringing supplies and the first two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station"

November 16, 2009 "One of the United Kingdom's most prolific rapists, known as the ""Night Stalker"" who it thought to have struck more than 200 times, is charged with 22 offences against the elderly from 1992 to 2009."

November 16, 2009 The IAEA expresses concern after a late declaration of a second nuclear site by Iran.

November 16, 2009 "The United Nations ""Hunger Summit"" opens in Rome, Italy."

November 16, 2009 "The United Nations is criticised after a poster that made reference to China's internet censorship by the OpenNet Initiative at an international conference focussed on Internet freedom in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, is removed."

November 16, 2009 "U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in Shanghai, China, and holds a town-hall-style meeting with students."